Quotes by David Lynch

About David Lynch:

David Keith Lynch is an American director, screenwriter, visual artist, musician, actor, and author. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed a unique cinematic style. The surreal and, in many cases, violent elements contained within his films have been known to "disturb, offend or mystify" audiences.
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This idea comes to you, you can see it, but to accomplish it you need what I call a "setup." For example, you may need a working shop or a working painting studio. You may beed a working music studio. Or a computer room where you can write something....

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A lot of artists think they want anger. But a real, strong, bitter anger occupies the mind, leaving no room for creativity.

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If we didn't want to upset anyone, we would make films about sewing, but even that could be dangerous. But I think finally, in a film, it is how the balance is and the feelings are. But I think there has to be those contrasts and strong things within...

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Transcendental meditation is an ancient mental technique that allows any human being to dive within, transcend and experience the source of everything. It's such a blessing for the human being because that eternal field is a field of unbounded intell...

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I was raised Presbyterian, but I'm not really going to church. I think the experience in meditation is pretty much where it's at for me.

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The cinema is really built for the big screen and big sound, so that a person can go into another world and have an experience.

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A poet could write volumes about diners, because they're so beautiful. They're brightly lit, with chrome and booths and Naugahyde and great waitresses. Now, it might not be so great in the health department, but I think diner food is really worth exp...

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I like L.A. because of the light. The light makes me feel so good. It's really beautiful. And there's something about L.A. being so spread out that gives you a feeling of freedom. Light and freedom.

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People think in Hollywood there's a family, where everybody gets together talks about stuff and we all know each other, and it's just not that way at all to me.

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As a kid, I was always building things. My father had a shop in the house, and we built things - we were kind of a project family. I started out as a painter, and then painting led to cinema, and in cinema, you get to build so many things, or help bu...

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Intuition is the key to everything, in painting, filmmaking, business - everything. I think you could have an intellectual ability, but if you can sharpen your intuition, which they say is emotion and intellect joining together, then a knowingness oc...

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The business side of film has goofed up so many things, but even that's changing. It happened to the music industry and now it's happening to the film studios. It's crazy what's going on. But artists should have control of their work; especially if, ...

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I didn't watch much TV as a kid and I don' t watch it now. I don' t find anything beautiful or unique to the medium, and the only thing you can do on TV that you can't do in film is make a continuing story - which is so cool!

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I love Bob Dylan. Who doesn't? He tapped into some kind of vein and it keeps on keeping on. There's nobody like him. He's unique, and just... way out cool.

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What I really like is to be at home, working.

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The mantra that you're given in Transcendental Meditation you keep to yourself. The reason being, true happiness is not out there, true happiness lies within.

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Life should be blissful, and blissful doesn't mean just a small happiness. It's huge. It is profound.

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Absurdity is what I like most in life, and there's humor in struggling in ignorance. If you saw a man repeatedly running into a wall until he was a bloody pulp, after a while it would make you laugh because it becomes absurd.

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Humor is very interesting to me. My films are not comedies, but there's comedy in them from time to time, absurdities, just like in real life.

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I love the quality, feel and history of film. I love the pictures of the giant cameras and the way it was.

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Author Bio

  • NameDavid Lynch
  • DescriptionAmerican filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor
  • AliasesDavid Keith Lynch
  • BornJanuary 20, 1946
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Actor; Screenwriter; Composer; Voice Actor; Musician; Animator; Painter
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Legion Of Honour;